The CFA Coaches Committee is a group of coaches, working side by
side with other bargaining unit members, to address coach issues
and explore ways to improve working conditions for coaches in the
CSU. It is also a means by which to create greater coach
involvement in CFA.

WELCOME

The 2014-2017 edition of the CFA Coaches’ Handbook comes to you through the efforts of your California Faculty Association colleagues. It will give you an overview of your rights as a coach in the California State University system, plus specific information on how to exercise and defend those rights.

The Contract Development/Bargaining Strategy Committee is charged
to develop bargaining goals in consultation with the faculty, the
Chapter Presidents, and the Board. The committee also works with
the bargaining team on policy and strategy during bargaining.

The committee membership includes the CFA board’s three associate
vice presidents, four chapter presidents, two lecturer
representatives, and two affirmative action representatives; as
well as two members of the bargaining team and one representative
from each of the following committees: Political
Action/Legislation, Membership & Organizing, and Representation.

It’s time to introduce 2019 bills for consideration by the
California State Legislature, and CFA is working with State
Senator Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician, to reintroduce the
Mental Health Counselors Act to improve care on the campuses.

At their meeting this week, CFA challenged CSU Trustees to more
critically scrutinize mental health care on the campuses, spoke
out for stronger measures on student safety, and called for
better use of state funds.

The CFA Finance Committee works with the Treasurer to prepare the
CFA budget, monitors budget expenditures, and makes
recommendations on financial policies to maintain the financial
integrity of the organization.

I want to share with you an interesting chronology relating to
Librarians in the CSU, prepared by San Francisco State Emeritus
Librarian Ann Shadwick.

It outlines some of the key events, beginning in the early 1950s,
that culminated in the CFA-negotiated contracts establishing
Faculty status and pay scale for Librarians in the CSU.
Many thanks to Ann for sharing this with us.

The CFA Librarians’ Committee has created an email discussion
list for CSU Librarians. The goal is to improve communication
between CFA and librarians and also to facilitate communication
among librarians across the state.

Welcome!

This web page has information and materials you can download and
use to express your voice as a CFA Member.

CFA activists also can share these materials when you ask other
CSU faculty to become members of CFA. Click on the pods to the
right side of this page where you will find door signs and logos
for your flyers.

By law, all CSU faculty are represented by CFA when we have needs
under our contract. But to actually be a member of CFA, a person
must complete a membership form that expresses your wish to be
included as a CFA member.

With an important ratification vote coming on faculty salary
increases , now, more than ever, it’s time
for all CSU faculty to join CFA. As a member, you have the
right to vote in CFA elections and on tentative agreements
between CFA and CSU management, which, if ratified, become part
of our faculty contract.

The California Faculty Association stands in solidarity with the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
and the coalition of Native leaders and activists defending their
cultural heritage, sacred grounds, right to protest, sovereign
rights, and right to clean water.

One of the US’s largest unions voted to use political pressure to
fight climate change, citing events such as Hurricane Sandy, the
California drought and the water situation in Flint, MI, as
examples of how the phenomenon disproportionately affects its
members.

Political clout supports CFA at the bargaining table, and a good
contract makes for a stronger union. A strong union commands even
more political clout and respect and improves faculty working
conditions and job security. Sponsoring legislation, endorsing
and campaigning for candidates and working to support/oppose
ballot measures are just a few of the ways CFA members support
the CSU.

In 2004 and 2005, CFA filed several systemwide grievances
challenging all teaching loads (i.e., 15 WTU teaching per year of
50% service on a semester campus) and disproportionate teaching
loads (i.e., more that 12 WTU but less than 15 WTU teaching per
year of 50% service on a semester campus) tha

Your valuable contributions have helped our union grow stronger
in our mission to protect and represent faculty in the California
State University system. We appreciate your strong support of CFA
over the years; since our first contract was signed, we have
grown to represent more than 29,000 faculty throughout the state.

CFA has a Retired Membership category to allow you to remain an
active part of our union.

Maintaining your retiree membership is a great way to ensure that
CFA can continue to provide protections for faculty rights,
improved salary and benefits, and access to a dignified
retirement. Together as a union, we have made great strides in
improving working conditions while faculty serve in the
university, and in their ability to access a healthy pension when
we retire. Your contributions will help us continue those
efforts.

CFA dues for retired members are currently $3 per month, or $4.67
per month when coupled with AAUP membership, and are deducted
from your PERS retirement check.

Retired members also are eligible and encouraged to contribute to
the CFA Political Action Committee fund. For information
contact CFA at (916) 441-4848 or gro@calfac.org.

Please note: If you continue to teach in the Faculty Early
Retirement Program (FERP) or come back to teach for pay at the
CSU, you also will pay the normal CFA active dues during the
period you are teaching. As a CFA retired member, active
membership dues will be deducted from your CSU pay warrant, less
the $3/$4.67 retired dues deducted from your monthly PERS
check.